Jewel Robbery In Houston Hotel Ends Clueless
A $21,000 jewel theft in a Houston hotel was carried out with precision on Wednesday night leaving police with no clues. The gems belonged to John Mathias Ziegler of Lee's Summit Missouri and were part of his wife's estate. Ziegler and a Houston friend were forced at gunpoint into a bathroom and bathtub after a man with Cadillac trade hints lured them to the door.
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Houston
John Mathias Ziegler
Lee's Summit
Youth Mangles Three Risk Lives To Rescue Boy
A father and two sons climbed between moving freight cars to apply tourniquets to a 10-year-old boy whose feet were severed. The crew halted the train just in time. doctors say the boy remains gravely injured but alive due to rapid first aid.
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Philadelphia
Tomezaks
Joseph
Fredericksburg 91-Year-Old Woman Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. John Metzger Sr. 91, a Gillespie County pioneer and Fredericksburg business matriarch, dies after a lingering illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at Schaetter Funeral Home and St. Marys Catholic Church. burial in St. Marys Cemetery. Survivors: two sons John W. and Max Metzger. three daughters Mrs Edmund Moritz of Austin, Mrs Peter Knopp, and Ella Metzger, all of Fredericksburg.
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Fredericksburg
John Metzger
Gillespie County
Metzger
John Schmidtzinsky
Luckenbach
John W
Max Metzger
Edmund Moritz
Austin
Peter Knopp
Ella Metzger
Schaetter
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
B. N. Galle
Gilmer-Aikin funding briefings to start for school districts
Statewide briefings will tell districts how much they must raise locally for the first year under the Gilmer Aikin plan. P L Sturgeon, director of the Foundation School Program Division, said the funding method uses an economic index and that one ninth of the total grant will be paid monthly starting September. Sixteen field men are in training to explain the foundation program and will tour the state, holding 32 conferences by July 8.
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Associated Press
Gilmer-Aikin
P. L. Sturgeon
Foundation
Sturgeon
State Auditor's Office
Friday Forecast Slightly Cooler For Austin Area
The forecast calls for cooler conditions Friday with a few scattered afternoon showers. Previous days saw 97.4 degrees in Austin Wednesday and 91 by mid afternoon Thursday, while Bonham reported a 25 minute 3.05 inch downpour. Waco, Meridian and McGregor also recorded notable rainfall with a lightning strike reported near Waco.
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Austin
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Texas
Bonham
Waco
West Texas
William Fowler
Fowler
McGregor
Meridian
Montopo
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall
Colorado
Amarillo
Ft. Worth
Galveston
Brownsville
Houston
Christi
Laredo
Rio
San Antonio
el Paso
Polio Cases Jump in Louisiana in May
Infantile paralysis rose to a five year high with 14 cases reported in May in Louisiana. The State Health Department noted May totals are the highest since 1944 when 20 cases were recorded.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
State Health Department
Department
Savings Association Official Is Honored
A. B. Shierlow executive vice president and manager of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association hosted a barbecue for over 100 employees directors and associates at his home 1502 East Side Drive. He received a motion picture camera from president R. B. Cousins before leaving for Germany June 26 for a month to visit two brothers and two sisters. Shierlow native of Germany came to the US in 1937 and has served 15 years in his current role.
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A. B. Shierlow
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
East Side Drive
Shierlow
R. B. Cousins
Germany
Europe
Association
Three More Proposals Signed by Governor
Governor Beauford H. Jester announced signing three bills with immediate effect. HB 654 by Smith of Lubbock exempts disabled towed vehicles from a 45 foot total length limit. SB 36 by McDonald changes jury wheel use to counties over 45,000 population. HB 217 by Walker preserves the 128th District Court in Orange County.
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Beauford H. Jester
Smith
Lubbock
McDonald
Walker
128Th District Court
Orange County
Weekly Sing Song Delayed Till Tonight
The Thursday night sing song is moved to tonight at 8 45 p m with a band concert directed by Beverly Sheffield of the recreation department. A 9 15 p m program follows with Beverly Sheffield as master of ceremonies. Performers include Jo Ann Hale Bubbles Welch Beverly Keen Bill Wallace and the Rosedale trio with Mesdames Ivan Smith T O Powell and Barney Slaughter.
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Beverly Sheffield
Recreation Department
Chamber of Commerce
Jo Ann Hale
Bubbles Welch
Beverly Keen
Mexican Baptist Chief Cites Four Failings of His Nation
The National Baptist Convention of Mexico president spoke at the Texas Mexican Baptist Convention in Austin. He listed four flaws in Mexico and urged cooperation, requesting financial aid for 22 missionaries among Mexican Indians. The gathering approved a $25,500 budget for the next year.
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National Baptist Convention of Mexico
Texas Mexican Baptist Convention
Austin
W. Frank Williams
Texas Baptist Convention
Jesus H. Leal
Texas Mexican Baptists
Convention
Texas
A. C. Miller
State Missionary Board of the Baptist Church
One-Shot Penicillin Cure Reported For Syphilis
Collier's Magazine cites a possible one shot cure using procaine penicillin in oil and aluminum monostearate that remains in the body for days. Hospitals in Staten Island and Bellevue report early results with 100 plus cases, observers urge caution and longer follow up.
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New York
Collier’s Magazine
Associated Press
Collier's
Staten Island Marine Hospital
Bellevue Hospital
Staten Island
Bellevue
John F. Mahoney
Evan Thomas
Contract Awarded for Eugene Barker History Center Furnishings
Abel Stationers of Austin won the bid to furnish the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center. J. D. Abel announced the award after submitting a bid of 31 178.13 for furniture drapes carpets and a card catalogue. The center will be housed in the old UT library and open this fall with traditional period style furnishings.
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Abel Stationers of
Austin
Eugene C. Barker
Texas History Center
J. D. Abel
University of Texas
Abel
Obituary notices from Taylor area honor fallen and living
A batch of funeral notices from Taylor and nearby areas lists services for Gertrude Metz Smith 54, Kate A. Beavers 71, Homer C. Cunningham, Wilbert Strack Austin resident, Fulton F. Horn 25 reburial with military honors, Frank H. Pietzsch killed in 1944, Elva H. Lawhon former attorney, Sallie C. Bean 80, Alvin H. Freitag killed in action in Germany 1943. Services conducted by Weed-Corley, Cook, Condra, and Gilstrap funeral homes with burial in Memorial Park Oak Hill Taylor City Cemetery Pleasant Grove Oak Wood.
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Gertrude Metz Smith
Morgan V. Smith
Weed-Corley
Flynn V. Long
Oakwood Cemetery
Kate A. Beavers
J. E. Beavers
Sinclair
Edmund Heinsohn
Memorial Park
Wilbert Strack
Austin
Herman Strack
Spring
Texas
Cook Funeral Home
Ington State College
Army Air Corps
Horn
England
Holland
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. F. Horn
John S. Rice
San Antonio
Frank H. Pietzsch Taylor
Spl
Frank H. Pietzsch
Zuider Zee
Gilstrap
Elva H. Lawhon Taylor
Elva H. Lawhon
Taylor
Condra Funeral
Taylor City
Sallie C. Bean Taylor
Sallie C. Bean
Condra Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
W. V. Snider
Pleasant Grove
Alvin H. Freitag Taylor
Alvin H. Freitag
Germany
Condra
W. N. Ander
Detmold
Graham D. Luhn
American Legion
Indonesian Pact Nears Finalization Amid Peace Talks
The Netherlands government announced a preliminary agreement with Indonesian leaders on troop withdrawal from Jogjakarta by July 1. It anticipates return of the Republican government to the city and a August 1 meeting at The Hague to pursue a lasting peace, with potential sovereignty transfer to the United States of Indonesia by year end 1949. Ambassador Eelco Van Klieffens cites urgency due to communism in Asia.
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Washington
Netherlands
Jogjakarta
Hague
United States of Indonesia
Eelco van Klieffens
Asia
Bom bardier beetle exhibits volatile fluid threat
Within the beetle family a member nicknamed bom bardier produces a volatile fluid that, when disturbed, explodes into smoke. The behavior resembles a defensive chemical spray but involves rapid gas release and combustion-like effects rather to a simple spray.
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Bettle
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